Digital Systems & Technology

FOOTNOTES

1 Don and Alex Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution, Brilliance Audio, 2016, http://blockchain-revolution.com/.

2 Blockchain entry, English Oxford Living Dictionaries: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/blockchain.

3 “Cryptocurrency Market Capitalizations,” https://coinmarketcap.com/coins/views/all/.

4 “Japan Can Now Pay Utility Bills with Bitcoin,” Bitcoin News, September 2016, https://bitconnect.co/bitcoin-news/267/japan-
can-now-pay-utility-bills-with-bitcoin.

5 Derek Markham, “SolarCoin Is a Cryptocurrency Earned by Generating Solar Electricity,” CleanTechnica, June 29, 2017,
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/06/29/solarcoin-cryptocurrency-earned-generating-solar-electricity/.

6 “BlockCharge: EV Charging via the Ethereum Blockchain,” CryptoFR, https://cryptofr.com/topic/2565/blockcharge-ev-

charging-via-the-ethereum-blockchain.

7 “Innogy Charges New Electric Car Fleet Using Ethereum Blockchain,” Bitcoin Magazine, https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/
innogy-charges-new-electric-car-fleet-using-ethereum-blockchain/.

8 Electron website: www.electron.org.uk/#our_products.

9 “Launch of Regulatory Sandbox to Encourage Energy Sector Innovations,” Energy Market Authority, Oct. 23, 2017, www.ema.
gov.sg/media_release.aspx?news_sid=20171020Wab84AqS9NXY.

10 “Australia: Land of Blockchain Opportunity,” Engerati, Jan. 10, 2017, www.engerati.com/article/austra-

lia-%E2%80%93-land-blockchain-opportunity.

11 LO3 Energy website: https://lo3energy.com.

12 Garrett Keirns, “Australian Utility Giant Trials Blockchain Energy Trading,” Coindesk, Feb. 16, 2017, www.coindesk.com/austri-
an-utility-giant-blockchain-energy/.

13 Diane Cardwell, “Solar Experiment Lets Neighbors Trade Energy Among Themselves,” The New York Times, March 13, 2017,
www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/business/energy-environment/brooklyn-solar-grid-energy-trading.html.

14 Jillian Ambrose, “Energy Networks to Unveil Plan for £17 Billion Smart Grid Boom,” The Telegraph, Dec. 4, 2017, www.tele-
graph.co.uk/business/2017/12/04/energy-networks-unveil-plan-17bn-smart-grid-boom/.

15 Julien Breteau, ”What Blockchain Technology Can Do for the Power Grid,” Medium, Jan. 22, 2018, https://medium.com/block-
chain-review/what-blockchain-can-do-for-the-power-grid-with-ed-hesse-grid-singularity-4541c84a9ef5.

16 Stephen Lacey, “Drift Is a New Startup Applying Peer-to-Peer Trading to Retail Electricity Markets,” GTM, May 31, 2017, www.
greentechmedia.com/articles/read/drift-is-a-startup-applying-peer-to-peer-trading-to-retail-electricity. www.joindrift.com/

17 Diana Florescu, “WePower Raises $40 Million for Blockchain-Based Green Energy Trading,” Startup Boot Camp, Feb. 9, 2018,
https://wepower.network/

18 Nikhil Mohan, “What Is Meant by Forking in a Blockchain?” Light Rains, June 16, 2017, https://lightrains.com/blogs/what-is-
meant-by-forking-blockchain.

19 Divya Joshi, “How the Laws & Regulations Affecting Blockchain Technology Can Impact its Adoption,” Business Insider, Oct.
20, 2017, www.businessinsider.com/blockchain-cryptocurrency-regulations-us-global-2017-10.

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